圣彼得堡

Saint Petersburg (city in Russia)

to dig

old variant of 聖|圣[sheng4]

holy / sacred / saint / sage

that / those / (one) another

Saint Peter

Peter (name)

to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished

structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc

to have to / must / ought to / to need to

Petersburg (place name) / Saint Petersburg, Russia

an earthwork / castle / position of defense / stronghold / used in place names, often as phonetic bao for "burg" or "bad"

variant of 鋪|铺[pu4] / used in place names